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Sam Waxman

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Working to build equitable and inclusive state economies with @centeronbudget.bsky.social. All opinions my own.

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Kris Cox @krisycox.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Treasury proposed a rule that wld take away tax benefits f/ ppl w/ a lawful status, incl taking eligibility for the refundable part of the CTC &/or EITC away from ~1M ppl, incl hundreds of thousands of US citizen kids, upending 30 yrs of precedent public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-16985.pdf
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Millions of families in the U.S. struggle to afford their children’s basic needs. Policymakers who seek to keep children safe and supported at home and out of the child welfare system, should strongly consider ways to strengthen income support programs: www.cbpp.org/research/inc...
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Income Support Helps Families Meet Children's Needs and Reduces Child Welfare Involvement, Research From Multiple Programs Suggest
When parents have enough money to pay their bills, buy nutritious food, and spend quality time with their children, they are better able to respond to their children’s needs and create a nurturing...
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Stephanie Hingtgen @smhingtgen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New paper from @krisycox.bsky.social and me on the 19M kids in lower-inc fams left out of the full $2,200 #ChildTaxCredit under the 2025 Repub reconciliation law. That’s more than 1 in 4 kids <17, most of whom are in working families. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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To Strengthen Economic Security, Policymakers Should Expand the Child Tax Credit to the 19 Million Children Who Receive Less Than the Full Credit Amount
The Child Tax Credit helps make raising children more affordable, and its full value should be available to families with lower incomes.
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Sam Waxman @waxmansd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The harmful Republican reconciliation law is making life less affordable for families & crushing state budgets. States need to protect & raise more revenue for priorities like schools, roads, and healthcare, and make sure families have the support they need to make ends meet x.com/WCTharpe/sta...
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New report: States &amp; localities in '26 are facing a one-two punch—fallout from harmful federal actions on one hand &amp; regressive state policies on the other. The path forward? Protecting &amp; ...
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vhgibney.bsky.social @vhgibney.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New #RxKids paper in @thelancet.com this month found that babies born to moms in Flint, MI who got cash during pregnancy (& the year after birth) had lower risks of preterm birth, low birthweight, and NICU admits. Moms were also more likely to get adequate prenatal care.
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The effects of the Rx Kids unconditional cash prescription programme during pregnancy and infancy on birth outcomes in the USA: a population-based, quasi-experimental study
With significant reductions in adverse birth outcomes, the treatment of perinatal poverty with a place-based intervention as replicable and scalable as Rx Kids has important implications for infants a...
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Wesley Tharpe @wesleytharpe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
One of this year’s most consequential state #tax fights took a troubling step forward last week—Missouri lawmakers advanced a deeply regressive & costly plan to a ballot referendum later this year. Here’s what folks need to know: missouriindependent.com/2026/04/21/p...
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Plan to replace Missouri income tax with expanded sales tax heads to voters • Missouri Independent
Missouri voters will decide later this year whether to grant lawmakers power to increase and expand the sales tax to replace the income tax.
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Sam Waxman @waxmansd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Two states I want to highlight on #TaxDay making their tax codes more just and equitable! 1) WA state passed a millionaire's tax and will expand the Working Families Tax Credit & fund childcare and free school lunch for kids budgetandpolicy.org/schmudget/mi...
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Historic new policy – now signed into law – has been decades in the making! - Budget and Policy Center
Today is an exciting day.The passage of the historic Millionaires Tax is a significant step toward fixing our state’s upside-down tax code. It ensures the ultra-wealthy pay more of their share of taxe...
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Sam Waxman @waxmansd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Sam Waxman @waxmansd.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Last week, Senate Republicans voted to strike down a tax law the D.C. Council passed late last year. It now awaits the President’s signature. That’s bad for D.C. families and businesses – but may not be the final word x.com/waxmansd/sta...
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Sam Waxman @waxmansd.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Hi! 👋I’m here on Bluesky to post about equitable state taxes and budgets. You can check out my latest on the @centeronbudget.bsky.social website here: www.cbpp.org/search?searc...
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